What if Lincoln had done nothing?

Let us stand with pride for a number of our presidents who have held this great nation together in very troubled times. Abraham Lincoln has to be be one of those as he ultimately coupled together the many divergent groups of a divided nation to stand with the truth — “One nation under God.”

The recent letter writer, “Lincoln Responsible for Many Deaths,” fails to ask the question: What if Lincoln had done nothing to save the union? Think about it! When would the slavery predominance of the South have ended?

Stop the idiocy! Lincoln was the commander in chief of our armies and not a draftee per se. Militarily, commanders receive order reflecting the policy of their commander-in-chief and take necessary battle actions to defeat the enemy. I have heard the cries of battle first hand, and seen the deadly results of combat actions. Combat veterans do not hold their commander-in-chief responsible for battlefield losses.

The referred writer needs to get off the critic lines of T. J. DiLorenzo (“The Real Lincoln” among others), and again ask the question — What if Lincoln had done nothing?